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The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11
THE PEOPLES FRIEND.

< country paper ln Arkansaw pub lished the following announcement: "The Mulberry conference will please pardon us for allowing list ot the grand jurors to crowd out list of tho now circuit rideN just appointed, The fact Is, brethren. that the list of circuit riders can go over till next week, but VIC owe it to our young men who have stood by our paper to print the list of jurors at once. some of our most promising young mcr- chants arV dodging every man they meet, and as this ncccszarily consumes gieat deal of valuable time, It Is nothing moro than right that we give them the names of men to be lodged, Unnecessary dodginR hns greatly held back the commercial interests of our little city and we are determined to do our best to bring about reform. Just before the last term of court, l., C. Fcttcredgc, dealer in dry goods, groceries, new feathers and lumber, blindly dodged man who seemed Ia be especially wanting him, and thereby lost the opportunity of selling bill of goods. The mau was not grand juryman as Fcttcr~lgc supposed, We are doing everything in our power to make our paper invaluable to tue household and our young men may rely on the correctness of our grand iury lists. Services will le held in all our churches next sunday. Rev, Jlm Tom Story will deal Satan some mighty strong blows at the Methodist church between the hours ot ten md eleven o'clock. It will bc rcmcm- bcred that Jim Tom and better fellow never looked through a wafer glass--w in the newspaper business for many years, which gave him Il greater insight into Satan's cnpcrs than he could have othcrwisc obtnined The Rev. Charles Owens will preach at the Prsby tcrinn church For n long time he was a commercial trnv- eler, in which capacity he associated closely with Satan. He relates many amusing anecdotes of the old nnn, and will take his text In Timothy, confln- ing himself mainly to the effects of img i'NcI, pIoNlHR TIT th' lohK run that all ficsh k grass. lie will cut a broad swaih. We would give the other preachers more extended notices, but when called upon they failed to subscribe for our paper Later-~Thc Rev Chunk Weaver has just sent In his subscription for one year and will therefore preach il power ful sermon at the Baptist church. Chunk was at one time interested In the real estate business and is there fore well acquainted with many of SataD's smoothest performances. He may not be thrilling orator, but you may place reliance in great deal of what he says. Still later: The Rev. Walter iiaardon hns sent in fifty cents for three months subscription and viii therefore Pf'ahoii pretty :air sas- mon at the Episcopal church.
 Our readers may rest nss,i,ed that we arc going to iakc ti~p interest in their affairs We are making an effort to run our subscription list up to three hundred copies by the first of next January sHd we csIl upon all law abiding men So give us their as- sistance."
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11
THE PUBLIC HANGING.

over four thou sand people witnessed the execution of poor and wretched negro at TcxArkana last Friday, the 18th inst. But thanks be to the name of ArkansaW, II was on the Texas side of the line and may the Arkan- saw legislature of 1887 ever be honorcd for its wisdom for enacting law that says our state shall have no more public executions within her erborlers.-Arkadciphia SArk.} staaddrd
 The great picnic of public eXccu- tions should be abolished by. every state in the union. It might go hard at first with certain communities to be deprived of these entertainments. but civilization demands that these performances should no longer be open to the public, but should bc more on the order of il rehearsal, each star appearing for one time only. There are great many men who have not the time to read a newspaper, but they have time enough to load their families on to wagons and travel seventy-tiv miles to see some misefa- ble wretch hanged. On one occasion, after the crowd had assembled, a mes sage from the governor, stating that the victims sentence had been com inuted to imprisonment for life, ar rived When the announcement was made loud murmur of disappoint- Inent arose, and one man, less ashamed of his heartlessness than were his com panions, got on stump and said: "Fellow citizens, this thing is fraud. It was advertised all over the country that Lige Witherbuck was goin' to be hung to-day, an we all hurried up an laid by our corn so we could come, an now that we've got here, the gov ernor he steps in an says that the thing sha'n't take place. am man of my word. me. an 1 don't like to have my feclin's taLnpered with in no sich nv CT way. It ain't that I've got anything agin Lige, fur he allns treated me right, an upon tbe whole I reckon he's good feller, but it is because hate disappointment. Wy, sudden disappoiDtmeDts have broke the hearts uv lots uv folks, an gov ernors ought to be little keerful how they lift folks way mp wander an then let 'em drap. l move that we hang our friend Lige anyhow. Now, Lige," turning to the felon. just think about this thing. Take it to yourself. an I'll bet you say we are right. My wife heR hain't seed a man hung for nigh on to five years, an now that she ain't in the beet ny health nohow, it ain't right to deprive her of the only pleasure that she's had in sight fur long time"
 The sheriff replied that 1t was also great disappointment to him, but that he must obey the governor.
 Well, then," said the heartless spokesman for the merciless crowd, "that settles it with you, for when you poke up your head for office again, you'll find all us fellers standin' 'rouDd ready to knock it of. Come on, feIlers: les don't 'socate with sich a weak kneed cuss.'
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11
VOL. II. NO. 3.
LOOK AT MARS JOHN.

Oh, sinner, ax de Lawd fur ter hep yer long Look at Mars John in de wilderness.) An he'll tell MT. Peter fur ter tighten up yer Look at Mars John in de riber.) De pilgum oughter run stead O stumblin' all Look at Mars John in de wilderness.) An 'stead O CT groan he must hab CT happy Look at Mars John in de riber.l He mus shuck on his jeans an dress up in CT Look at Mars John in de wilderness.) An he mustn't make CT 'plaint, but hab de pa tience O. CT Job
 (Look at Mars John in de riber.)
 Yas, look at Mars John in de water, {oh, sinner, doan yer wanter come
 erlong wid me an jine de bright
 ban an CT play on de harp,
 An doan he souse 'em under in CT way
 sorter 's'priZin'?
 Eur Satan gwine ter git yer ef yer
 doan look out, fur he's CT mighty
 bad man an is powerful sharp Er pusson mus lib wid his eye on de gate, fLook al Mars John in de wilderness.) An Yii Ys,e' fO' his H'';aa'' fore de hour grows Look at Mars John in de riber.) Oh, when gifts dar will jine de glad shouts, ILook at Mars John in de wilderness.l Stead O habin' ter grab up de sassafrack Look at Mars John in de riberl Til set on gold bench an sing CT loud sam, Look at Mars John m de wilderness.1 But Ill feel sorter sorry dat kain't eat ham. Look at Mars John in de rlber.3
 Yas, look at Mars John in de water,
 babtiLin',
 {Oh, sinner, doan yer wanter come
 erlong wid me an jine de bright
 ban an CT play on de harp,)
 An, doan he souse 'em under in CT way
 sorter s'prisin:
 Fur satan gwine ter git yer ef yer
 doan look out, fur he's CT mighty
 bad man an is powerful sharp.l
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11
SATIRE.

Never marry man of wit" said a female member of A we'll known lit- erary society, addressing woman who had just been admitted, flor, what was wit before marriage becomes satire afterward.o
 "That's A fact" replied the new member, flor before marriage Calvin was the laughingest and wittiest man I ever saw, and now he is"
 .Satirical?" asked the old member.
 "Oh, awfully so. He just sits right down, and I can't get word out of him. can stand him as long as he talks, but when he becomes satire it breaks me all to pieces"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11
A SEASON OF GRIEF.

Chicago Wid1w--''I have passed through a sszsoD of grief quite enough to turn my hair gray: but 1t has been so long since my husbands death that I have become recoDciled."
 New AcquaintaDee-"When did he dieT
 Widow-.what day of the week is this?"
 New Acquaintance--IMo Monday
 Widow-"WelI, he was buried last Wednesday, ! think!o
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11
PRICE, ; CENTS,
BOTH REFINED.

\ large horse and a rough looking mulc stood in Il fence corner, They were hitchcd to a blow and the plowman had driven them there to stand while hc, somc distance away. talked with a ncighbor.
 "l am more and morC di-gustel," said the horse,
 What's the mattcrg" asked ,he mule,
 "l am bcmoaning the cruel fate that has overtaken mc. 1 was not brought up to such heathenish work as this; in iact, l was not brought up to work at all was born on fine stock farm, and about the tlmc wns we'll growa' was bought by a circus man sadl taught to perform In the ring. galhp- ing around with young woman standing on my hack. went on thi~ way for years until 1 lwrame too "hs to bc ot longer service to the circus, and then tho man who had prctcnl"i to think so much of mc sold me [" n horso tlndcr, and. he addel. halt sn uliloquy, "i now find myself on l farm, hitched up beside miserable mule"
 Excuse me-" said the mulc, turn Ing his head and making 4 serio.eomir bow, "hut nm not miserable. have an excellent appetite and get plenty to cut"
 "Yos." retiud the horse, "but yon have tu work for it.
 Very true, but dIdn't you have to work in tho ciirurY"
 No; l only had to gnlIop around ring"
 Didn't it tire youY"
 "les, but soon got r,ste,i;"
 "Then what did you doy"
 ooh. stood in my stall"
 w hen did you 20 out into the pgs- turc and wallow nroundy" "l didn't go out at al, rcJoined the horse.
 "W hat did you do on Sundsysg"
 "l travelled In n boY car"
 "Just to go to somc other place nnd gnllop around n ring, ! suppose"
 "Scs."
 "Ilnd no sweet grass, covered witll dew"
 "<o."
 w hcneycr you went out soine ici- low lcd you with a rope, 1 suppose"
 "lcs. ur drove me. ]"
 "ilnd no plncc you could call home"
 "No."
 All you got was something to rat and drink"
 "Ycs."
 "l'll be glad when night con~." said the mule.
 "Ah," exclaimed the horsc. ''yuu are irmoaning your fnte. l gre"
 "irs." rejoinrd the mule, "I must coDirst that am"
 Don't like the work. "hf'
 "Oh. the works oil right"
 w hat Ia the matter, thai,f"
 ''"-ii, you -ss' have lsfn ~o coh- tented all my life, have scamper,''l ~o gaily In the pasture, and have drunk so often ni tiIr r,ur wir,mm tint ii makes fnc sad now t0 think thnt 1 am hiichcd up here beside a miserable. broken down horse that has lived m aiinlss@ life of dissipniiou, sns! "ho hasn't enough @,Dse to appreciate hI. escape in his old age"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11
THOSE THAT STAY.

Mrs. Highfyer (to Mrs. UpperteD) Those foreign servant-girls are so worthless
 Mrs. Upperten-.They do not stay long in one place, leaving about the time they learn any nything."
 ssThere is only one class that stays very long with me"
 4What class is that:"
 "The ugliest looking"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11
LIM NINGS.

The wild flowers ill the south have decorated the graves of the undiscov- cred dead. Nature makes no display, and sings no stirring song, but the flowers which she gently scatters alike on the graves of men who fought each other, are just as bright as those that are strewn by the jeweled hand of the dewy-eved maiden.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11

The New York Grophsc says that Major BeE Periey Poorc has dropped his colon and come to q full stop. Yes; and though the death of the dis tinguished "rerDiniscencer" was not wholly unexpected, yet the gallant old man, forgetting his colon, went on with dash.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11

Josh Billings said that mature made idiots but she never made a fool.- Nature may not take hand in the work of furnishing fool, but she furnishes the raw material.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11

Several impulsive young fellows in Boston are taking up subscription for an old man named Walt Whitman, an obscene citizen in some obscure place. His claim to worthiness of help is based upon the fact that he is the most obscene writer in America. This is claiming great deal but Whitman is entitled to the distinction
 Ignatius Donnelly's Cipher, the Keeley motor of literature. has not as yet achieved success enough to prove that Bacon wrote the plays that are going around credited to Shakespeare. The majority of thinking people are willing to believe that Bacon was the associate editor (which means that he did the work) of the great plays, but they want proof, and that too G a more unmistakable kind than Don- nelly will ever be able to furnish.
 In many respects the better class of English people have right to criti- else the Americans. The fact that we are crude in many ways cannot be dis guised: and that the majority of our wealthy people are vulgar no sensible person can deny. Such condition of society will exist just so long as money and not intellcctuality is regarded as the basis of responsibility. The aver age woman, if she possess few dia- monds, has been taught to consider herself superior to modest and we'll read women who have the good sense not to make display. It is useless, of course. to write on such subjects, for the glittering vulgarians do not read anything but sensational novels.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.

Ebery smart nlan takes his turn at actin de fool. I)e shoreat footed hoes in de wOrp stumbkaA sometimes.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1887-06-11

'Visin' CT man dat hab had Lad luck not ter worry dae4 erhoui q. much good ez sell!n' er crippled pns~ou ter fling erwsy his crutches.
 Hlebe dat ef wuz on er race hoss an had two hosrs de sAsrt, debt could jump on CT COW an' obcrtake u,e. 4 1 doan un'ersian' how it is dat some folks dat ain't got half de sense nur nigh de jedgment dat is ken run right erlong outsB dsht, while is e;.; throat mortgage has aIlus got its bad eye on my crap. 1 nstsr Tow dat ii wuz 'caze 1 was too homes, but sence kotch merse'f wusbiu' dat had Mir. So-an- Sos farm, widout stoppin' 10 think whut would come c Mir. So- an':- SIs chiIIun, Pse sorter come ter de 'ciusI0n dat ef 1 goes ter de pol house it won't be my bsssesty dat takes me dar. You'iI fin mo honesty 'nuDg weii-ter edo folks den yer will 'mung people dat has ter lib rum hail' ter mouf.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-04-13
A CAMPIEIR lURR.

have suffered all my life with Skin diseases Of
different kinds, and have never found permanent
relief, until BY the advce OF lady friend. used
your valuable CuTioUsA RExEpEs gave them
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CURE, 4 BELLE WADE, Richmond Va.
Reference G. W Latimer, Druggist, kichmend, Va
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-04-13

FoLsoM, Call used Butte-Tine in chronio
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supply 10 J. w Haines, Genoa, New, and ohlige
yours truly, h Z. DuRANr, M H.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-04-13
TElECRAPHIc NEWS.
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
The oldest City in the Country Burned

Ihe 0iuest Slty IN tue COUNTY DuE"o"'
ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla, April l3.-An
alarm was given at 3:l5 A. M. for fire IN
the laundry of the St. Augustine Hotel.
The flames spread rapidly to the kitchen,
then to the main part of the building.
The fire department consisted only OF
hook and ladder truck and one steam
engine, and it was impossible to do any
thing to save the hotel, which was already
wrapped in flames. The guests number
ing 90 and 40 servants, with the ex-
ception Of one laundry woman, Bridget
Barry, escaped. The flames then COM
municated to the Edwards House, the
Cottage Planters house and to the Florida
House, the next building to the First
National Bank, and one OF the oldest
land marks in the city. The roof of the
old Spanish Cathedral, just west OF the
st. Augustine, caught on fire and soon
fell destroying all historical relics
in the interior. The old chimes fell
too, their last work being the
alarm, which summoned the citizens to
the scene OF the cophagration. At this
time the east wall of the St. Augustine
House fell, carrying the flames to Sinclair
Block, in which the stores and shops
were all completely destroyed. Return
ing to the west side Of the street. the
flames reached the old county courthouse
On the north, which was totally dss-
troyed. The records, however, were re-
moved and saved. Several residences
and small buildings were also destroyed.
At 7,3O the fire was under control. The
losses viii aggregate $3.50, 900. The old
cathedral was built in 1898, and was
used for the purposes of worship up to
the time OF its destruction.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-04-13

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tried remedies and doctors prescriptions TO no
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-04-13

For thelast year have had a species OF itch
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which have applied q great many methods OF
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-04-13
THE PANHANDLE ROBBERS.
Dynamite Fosnd among fhe Effects OF
One Of the Ain2lraIers.


PITTsBURG, April l3. - While rum
maging through the effects of one of the
ringleaders of the Panhandle robbers this
morning, Special Officer Miller discover,
ed package containing six giant dyna-
mite cartridges sufficient to blow up the
largest building in town The discovery
created considerable alarm aud the car
tridges were handled very tenderly.
Further examination disclosed lot of
fuse aud caps, in fact ell necessary para
phernalia for the successful firing of the
cartridges. Immediately after finding
the dynamite an Investigation was begun,
the result of which. however. the detec-
tives refused to make public. They even
declined to give the name of the man
in whose room the stuff was found. OH
cer Miller lntimated the object of the
robber in securing aud storing dynamite
was known and that it would make good
reading when the proper time comes for
publication.
Death Of Grandson Of Robert ~ orris.
WArERTows, N. Y, April l3.--Lieut.
V. Morris, a retired officer OF the U. s.
Navy, aud grandson Of Robest Morris,
one of the signers of the Declaration of
Independence, died at Ssckett's Harbor
yesterday, aged s. years. Morris entered
the navy in 1926 and was in active SER
vice during the late war. He was retired
about thirteen years ago.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-04-13

6TSANTA ABLE Is only sold in large bottles
at 81: three for s2 so. sold by all wholesals and
retail druggists. 10
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-04-13

Peculisr in medicinal merit and wonderful
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take it, for nov it viii do he most good
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BY
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Pants, from 81 so upward.
Several sewing Machines for sale below
cost II. kANDULSkL
Winnemucca February 4, 1887 II
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The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1887-04-13
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